Bruno Leonardo

Bruno Leonardo
Personal information
Full name Bruno Leonardo dos Santos Covas
Date of birth (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Chapecoense
Number 33
Youth career
Comercial-SP
2011 Olé Brasil
2012 Velo Clube
2012 Bahia
2013–2016 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Santos 0 (0)
2018–2019 Portuguesa Santista 4 (0)
2019 → VOCEM (loan) 12 (0)
2020 Patrocinense 0 (0)
2020–2021 São Bento 29 (0)
2021–2022 Ferroviária 28 (3)
2022 Paysandu 14 (0)
2022–2023 Portuguesa 11 (2)
2023 → Chapecoense (loan) 24 (2)
2024– Chapecoense 97 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:38, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Bruno Leonardo dos Santos Covas (born 2 June 1996), known as Bruno Leonardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Chapecoense.

Club career

Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Bruno Leonardo started his career at Comercial-SP's youth categories. He subsequently represented Olé Brasil, Velo Clube and Bahia before joining Santos in 2013.[1][2]

On 12 February 2016, Bruno Leonardo renewed his contract with Peixe until the end of the year.[3] He left the club in March 2018, and signed for Portuguesa Santista.[4]

Bruno Leonardo also spent a period on loan at VOCEM in the 2019 season before being named in the squad of Patrocinense for the 2020 Campeonato Mineiro in December of that year.[5] On 4 March 2020, however, after being only an unused substitute, he returned to his native state after signing for São Bento.[6]

On 1 June 2021, Bruno Leonardo was announced as the new addition of Ferroviária.[7] He moved to Paysandu on 8 April 2022,[8] and despite featuring regularly, he terminated his contract on a mutual agreement on 10 August.[9]

On 12 August 2022, Bruno Leonardo signed for Portuguesa.[10] On 28 March 2023, he was announced at Chapecoense on loan for the year's Série B.[11]

On 20 December 2023, Chape announced Bruno Leonardo's contract renewal, with the player signing a one-year deal.[12]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2026[13]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2017 Série A 00—00—4[a]040
Portuguesa Santista 2018 Paulista A3 —00———00
2019 Paulista A2 —40———40
Total —40———40
VOCEM 2019 Paulista 2ª Divisão —120———120
Patrocinense 2020 Mineiro —00———00
São Bento 2020 Série C 9090———180
2021 Série D 00110———110
Total 90200———290
Ferroviária 2021 Série D 192————192
2022 009110——101
Total 1929110——293
Paysandu 2022 Série C 140————140
Portuguesa 2022 Paulista A2 ————5[a]050
2023 Paulista —112———112
Total —112——50162
Chapecoense 2023 Série B 242————242
2024 30461——1[b]0375
2025 280141———421
2026 Série A 1405020—1[c]0220
Total 96625220—201258
Total 1388815300011023313
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Santa Catarina
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sul-Sudeste

References

  1. ↑ "Xerife do Santos na Copinha supera morte do pai e sonha com o mundo" [Santos' sheriff in the Copinha overcomes death of his father and dreams with the world] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Santos corre para não perder promessa da base para Portugal" [Santos rush to not lose youth prospect to Portugal] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Santos renova contrato de zagueiro Bruno Leonardo, da base, por um ano" [Santos renew contract of stopper Bruno Leonardo, from the youth setup, for one year] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Zagueiro deixa o Santos B e acerta com a Portuguesa Santista" [Stopper leaves Santos B and signs with Portuguesa Santista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Patrocinense apresenta elenco para o Campeonato Mineiro 2020" [Patrocinense present squad for the 2020 Campeonato Mineiro] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Os dois últimos reforços para a Série A2 são anunciados pelo São Bento" [The two latest additions for the Série A2 are announced by São Bento] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cruzeiro do Sul. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Bruno Leonardo é o novo zagueiro da Ferroviária" [Bruno Leonardo is the new stopper of Ferroviária] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Ferroviária de Esportes. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Zagueiros acertam com o Papão" [Stoppers sign with Papão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Paysandu SC. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Paysandu anuncia rescisão contratual do zagueiro Bruno Leonardo" [Paysandu announce contractual rescision of stopper Bruno Leonardo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Santos, zagueiro reforça a Portuguesa para sequência da Copa Paulista" [Formerly of Santos, stopper bolsters Portuguesa for the remainder of the Copa Paulista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Escanteio SP. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Chapecoense anuncia oficialmente Bruno Leonardo e Dudu Vieira" [Chapecoense officially announce Bruno Leonardo and Dudu Vieira] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Chapecoense renova contrato com o zagueiro Bruno Leonardo" [Chapecoense renew contract with stopper Bruno Leonardo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Bruno Leonardo at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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